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INTRODUCTION
Race for Your Life
Need for Speed
The Run
is an illicit race across the country’s most iconic and treacherous roads,
spanning from San Francisco to New York City. There are no rules and no allies in the cities, deserts,
mountains, and canyons that stand between you and the finish line.
DEFAULT CONTROL LAYOUT
NOTE:
Need for Speed The Run
gives you the choice of playing with an Xbox 360® controller or your computer keyboard.
For the best experience with
Need for Speed The Run
, we recommend using the Xbox 360 controller. You can
change controls from the Gameplay Settings menu.
ACTION Xbox 360 CONTROLLER KEYBOARD
Brake
w
Z
Look back
y
END
Steer
Left arrow/right arrow
Checkpoint Reset
<
BACKSPACE
Pause
ESC
Free look
C
n/a
Accelerate
x
A
Change camera
z
C
Gear up manual transmission
Y
S
Gear down manual transmission
B
X
Nitrous
A
Left SHIFT
Handbrake
X
SPACEBAR
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
1 DEFAULT CONTROL LAYOUT
2 GAME SCREEN
4 THE CARS
4 CHECKPOINT RESETS
4 GAS STATIONS
5 DRIVER ABILITIES
5 DRIVER PROFILE
5 CHALLENGE SERIES
6 GAME MODES
6 ONLINE MULTIPLAYER RACING
7 AUTOLOG